Ella Rae Wise and Dan Edgar are set to be reunited
When it was announced that ITVBe would be shutting down, our first question was, 'Erm, what about TOWIE, babe?'
What will happened to Junaid Ahmed and his forbidden romance with Joe Blackman? Where else will we see Saffron Lempriere offer Harry Derbidge some savage advice?
The structured reality TV show moved from ITV2 to ITVBe in 2014 and every episode has been aired over on the ITV spin-off channel ever since. However, it was recently revealed that ITVBe would be removed from the world of television and TOWIE would return to its homeland of ITV2.
It turns out that isn't the only change of pace for the guys and girls of Essex, as it has been revealed that TOWIE will be back to its original TWO episode a week schedule.
Yup, you read that correctly; that means more Amber Turner outfits, more hilarious one-liners from Freddie Bentley,more stoic stances from Dan Edgar – just more TOWIE, in general.
'ITV want to make a big splash with the show returning to its original home on ITV2 with the closure of ITVBe,' a source told The Sun.
'Bosses think it’s high time the show was reinstated to airing twice a week, just like it did in its original heyday,' they went on.
We can't help but wonder what this means when it comes to filming and airing the episodes, though. Will they film and air within days of each other?
At the moment TOWIE is recorded MONTHS before it hits out TV screens meaning the cast are dealing with viewers comments about events that happened ages ago. Not only that but we could be watching a couple split up or a cast row break out when in reality everyone has made up and feuding lovers are back together.
'It’s amazing news for fans who will be getting double their fix of drama,' the news outlet reported, 'and the cast are thrilled, too.'
'It’s one of their flagship shows and it’s still one of ITVX’s most streamed shows with 66 million streams in the last 12 months alone.'
We don't have a launch date for season 36 yet, but it will see the reunion of Ella Rae Wise and Dan, who split shortly before her stint on Celebrity Big Brother.
Sadly, it doesn't look as though we will be seeing TOWIE OG Amy Childs and Billy Delbosq getting hitched on the show anytime soon, after Amy 'cancelled,' the wedding. Boo.
